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- New Opel / Vauxhall Corsa is GM's Answer to the Ford Fiesta [69 Photos]
- Alfa Romeo 4C Reviewed on US Soil on the Road and on the Track
- Brazilian Designer Comes Up with Excellent Compact Adventure Vehicle
- Bentley and Luxury Phone Maker Vertu Sign 5-Year Exclusive Partnership
- Aircraft Carrier is the Ultimate Playground for BMW M4
- Porsche's Ferrari 458 Rival Rumored to Feature 600HP 8-Cylinder Boxer Engine
- Mercedes-Benz Posts Biggest Six-Month Sales in History
- Ultra Rare Alpina B12 5.7 Coupe Manual Formerly Owned by Sultan of Brunei
- Spintires Surprises on Steam – Already Sold 100,000 Digital Copies
- VW's New Transporter Tester Shows Reveals More of its Interior in Scoop Shots
- Mercedes Unveils New Marco Polo Camper Van Based on All-New V-Class
- Mitsubishi Shogun SWB, the New Barbarian Edition for UK
- Stolen Tesla Splits in Two in Fiery Accident in Lost Angeles
- New 2015 Mazda2 Test Driven around Japanese Track – Interior Fully Revealed
- Porsche Spied Testing Lightly Facelifted Boxster
- Man Reunites with His 1979 Corvette Stolen 33 Years Ago [w/Video]
- All-New Smart ForTwo and ForFour Teased in New Video
- This Guy Sued Tesla Over Trademark Infringement in China
- Spyker Avoids Assets Liquidation by Paying Taxes at the Last Moment
- Russian Kamikaze Takes a Rain Check on Death Certificate
- 211HP Infiniti Q50 2.0-Liter Petrol Priced from £31,755 in the UK
- Refreshed 2015 Audi A1 Winks its Xenon Headlamps
- 2016 Volvo XC90 Gets an All 4-Cylinder Engine Lineup, Including 400HP Plug-In Hybrid
| New Opel / Vauxhall Corsa is GM's Answer to the Ford Fiesta [69 Photos] Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:51 PM PDT  This is the new Opel or if you live in Britain, the Vauxhall Corsa supermini and it was officially unveiled today prior to a world premiere at the Paris Motor Show in October. GM's European subsidiary calls the Corsa E a brand new car, and for the most part, it is, as all exterior body panels, the interior and even the engine range has been renewed, but why does it look so familiar then? Read more »    |
| Alfa Romeo 4C Reviewed on US Soil on the Road and on the Track Posted: 08 Jul 2014 06:26 PM PDT  In spite of gaining the weight of two fully grown adults for US admission, the Alfa Romeo 4C is not faring all that badly Stateside, and all reviews of it that have been posted so far seem to get what it's about and don't bash it excessively for the things it doesn't do right. Read more »   |
| Brazilian Designer Comes Up with Excellent Compact Adventure Vehicle Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT  By adventure vehicle, we mean the kind of off-roader you'd be able to drive through both the Amazon rainforest and the Sahara desert, with enough of your bags and friends along for the ride to make things interesting. This particular concept is the brainchild of Eduardo Galvani. Read more »   |
| Bentley and Luxury Phone Maker Vertu Sign 5-Year Exclusive Partnership Posted: 08 Jul 2014 01:56 PM PDT  Bentley seems determined to see its name on all sorts of luxury products, from furniture to watches and now to mobile phones. The luxury car manufacturer has announced an exclusive five-year partnership with Vertu, the UK-based luxury mobile phone maker. Read more »   |
| Aircraft Carrier is the Ultimate Playground for BMW M4 Posted: 08 Jul 2014 01:06 PM PDT  A BMW M4 Coupe and a racetrack. Nothing unusual about this, on the contrary, I'd like to think that all owners of BMW M vehicles take their cars to the track at least once in their lifetime – this doesn't apply to owners of X5 M and X6 M SUVs though, which are better suited on posh city streets than on a circuit. Read more »   |
| Porsche's Ferrari 458 Rival Rumored to Feature 600HP 8-Cylinder Boxer Engine Posted: 08 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Rumors about Porsche developing a supercar that would rival the Ferrari 458 Italia are growing in intensity, with a fresh report from the UK saying that the car will have an eight-cylinder boxer engine. Read more »   |
| Mercedes-Benz Posts Biggest Six-Month Sales in History Posted: 08 Jul 2014 11:48 AM PDT  Having lost the number one spot when it comes to luxury car sales back in 2005 to BMW, and then being passed by Audi as well in 2008, the three-pointed star manufacturer is now in a full-on race against the aforementioned makers by 2020. Read more »   |
| Ultra Rare Alpina B12 5.7 Coupe Manual Formerly Owned by Sultan of Brunei Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:59 AM PDT  The M-prepared BMW 850CSi is already a rare beast with only 1,510 cars made from 1992 to 1996, but Alpina's version of the car named the B12 5.7 Coupe (not to be confused with the 850i-based Alpina B12 5.0) is even rarer with only 57 copies. A mere seven of those B12 5.7's were right-hand drive and only two of those were fitted with a manual gearbox, the other five sporting the automated Shift-Tronic transmission. Read more »   |
| Spintires Surprises on Steam – Already Sold 100,000 Digital Copies Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:42 AM PDT  There's good reason to like Spintires' unique blend of rutted forest track driving and log carrying simulation: it looks really great, it doesn't take a monster of a computer to run, it's fairly simple to get a hold of and, if you're even the slightest bit into real off-roading, it will definitely hit a sensitive chord. Read more »   |
| VW's New Transporter Tester Shows Reveals More of its Interior in Scoop Shots Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT  We'll start off by answering a question we posed last time we snagged a prototype of the new VW Transporter in regards to whether it's a facelifted T5 or the next T6: according to our latest intel, the answer is actually both. Read more »   |
| Mercedes Unveils New Marco Polo Camper Van Based on All-New V-Class Posted: 08 Jul 2014 09:50 AM PDT  At the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf, Germany, Mercedes-Benz will debut a new camper van based on the latest-gen V-Class. Called the Marco Polo after the famous Italian merchant traveler, the camper van is a rival for the Volkswagen California. Read more »   |
| Mitsubishi Shogun SWB, the New Barbarian Edition for UK Posted: 08 Jul 2014 09:25 AM PDT  What a name: Mitsubishi Shogun (aka Pajero / Montero) Barbarian – it can't get manlier than that and it certainly looks the part too when opted with the Black Pearl paint finish featured on the display model in the single (why so stingy Mitsu?) press photo. Read more »   |
| Stolen Tesla Splits in Two in Fiery Accident in Lost Angeles Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:56 AM PDT  Witnesses, police officers and all the emergency crews that made it to the scene must have been horrified when they saw the accident caused by the driver of a stolen Tesla Model S. Apparently, the driver swiped the electric sedan from a Tesla maintenance building and had been fleeing from the cops. Read more »   |
| New 2015 Mazda2 Test Driven around Japanese Track – Interior Fully Revealed Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:25 AM PDT  An all-new Mazda2 is seriously overdue in the manufacturer's range. The current model, which is based on the same underpinnings as a Ford Fiesta, was launched seven years ago and it really feels its age, especially compared to the latest and most modern rivals. Read more »   |
| Porsche Spied Testing Lightly Facelifted Boxster Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:58 AM PDT  You could say that Porsche is being cheeky and playing games of the "Can you spot the differences?" kind with their prototype Boxster facelift that was nabbed by our spy shooters on public roads. Read more »   |
| Man Reunites with His 1979 Corvette Stolen 33 Years Ago [w/Video] Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:32 AM PDT  The man who found his Corvette 33 years after it was stolen from him was reunited with this car at General Motors' world headquarters, just three miles from where the car disappeared more than three decades ago. George Talley, 71, last saw his Chevrolet Corvette when it was parked on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit in 1981. Read more »   |
| All-New Smart ForTwo and ForFour Teased in New Video Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:06 AM PDT  Smart's concept cars released in recent years have all influenced the design of the upcoming ForTwo and ForFour city cars, as the following official video explains. Read more »   |
| This Guy Sued Tesla Over Trademark Infringement in China Posted: 08 Jul 2014 06:40 AM PDT  See the man holding the trademark paper with the Tesla label? His name is Zhan Baosheng and according to Chinese media, he filed a lawsuit against the California-based electric carmaker on July 3, alleging trademark infringement. The 36-year old man is requesting that Tesla shut down its showrooms, service centers, supercharging facilities and all marketing activities in the country. Read more »   |
| Spyker Avoids Assets Liquidation by Paying Taxes at the Last Moment Posted: 08 Jul 2014 06:15 AM PDT  Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker was very close to lose an important part of its assets after tax authorities seized them and arranged for them to be sold at an online auction. Read more »   |
| Russian Kamikaze Takes a Rain Check on Death Certificate Posted: 08 Jul 2014 05:51 AM PDT  We've heard of automobile and truck drivers not giving two hoots about motorcyclists on the road, but the other way around? That's a new one, since common sense and the laws of physics teach us that it's the smaller, unprotected object that has the most to fear and lose during a collision. Read more »   |
| 211HP Infiniti Q50 2.0-Liter Petrol Priced from £31,755 in the UK Posted: 08 Jul 2014 05:29 AM PDT  Infiniti has added the 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine to its Q50 line up, with the new engine variant going on sale in Europe in autumn 2014. In the UK, the Q50 with the 2.0-liter petrol engine will be priced from £31,755 (€39,982). Read more »   |
| Refreshed 2015 Audi A1 Winks its Xenon Headlamps Posted: 08 Jul 2014 05:03 AM PDT  Headlamp-obsessive Audi is almost done tinkering with the 2015MY A1 hatchback that will bow in front of the public at the Paris Motor Show in October. The car remains heavily camouflaged, but the appearance of the facelifted A1 is not much of a secret since Audi has already unveiled the 2015 S1 with the family's restyled front and rear ends. Read more »   |
| 2016 Volvo XC90 Gets an All 4-Cylinder Engine Lineup, Including 400HP Plug-In Hybrid Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:32 AM PDT  The all-new Volvo XC90 will be the cleanest powerful SUV in the world, according to the Swedish carmaker. Thanks to a newly-developed Twin Engine technology, the range-topping model will emit just 60 grams of CO2 per kilometer, despite having a powertrain producing 400hp and 640 Nm (472 lb-ft) of torque. Read more »   |
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